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Golden dojo loaches are extremely peaceful and live best in a community aquarium with fish of the same disposition. They are communal fish that do best when they are kept in small groups containing 3-6 loaches. Be sure to provide them numerous shelters for greater security. This generally makes them bolder. Like most bottom-dwellers the substrate should consist of a fine-grained or round-edged gravel.

Loaches either lack or have very tiny scales, which means they have almost no protection from toxic materials dissolved in the aquarium. Avoid adding medications to the aquarium unless they are specifically recommended for "scaleless" fish.

OmnivoresThis means they will eat both plants and tiny, living creatures.

Specialty foodsVary their diet by including frozen or freezedried bloodworms, tubifex worms and other small worms, mosquito larvae and daphnia. Always remember to thaw frozen foods before feeding.

AquariumMinimum aquarium size for smaller species of loaches is 10 gallons, but species that get over 4" long need an aquarium that's larger. A good rule of thumb is one gallon of water for every one inch of full-grown fish.

DécorLoaches do best in aquariums that have lots of hiding places in the form of roots, driftwood and rockwork. In addition, place lots of hardy plants, such as vallisneria and java fern throughout.

Fish compatibilityLoaches can share their aquarium with other non-aggressive, tropical community fish.

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Cute Fish
My dojo is my favorite fish in my tank! He is very peaceful and scavenges for any leftover food my goldfish leave behind. He swims around the tank like crazy and he's so fun to watch! Such a great fish!
September 22, 2014

loaches
Highly recommend these loaches, which were very lively when I saw them in their crammed tank. They were on sale $7/loach and I had to buy a number of them. My only problem is that the workers didn't know what these were and were disgusted by the loaches. Funny how these people got hired. Anyways, great buy and very cheap especially since I can't find them anywhere else.
July 16, 2013

LOVE MY LOACH
THERE THE BEST PETS EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THERE SUPER FUN AND SUPER HARDY I LOVE THEM
February 22, 2013

My husband bought this and loves it.
At first when my husband bought this loach I was not thrilled, kind of grossed out but after a few months I just LOVE watching it. It will shoot to the top and then drift back to the bottom and our grandsons love watching it too. It makes the tank much more interesting. It also has a special place that it likes to lay, but will lay on the plastic plants that I have in the tank, kind of uses them as hammock.
January 20, 2013